Storm Latest: Norwalk schools to close early, accidents begin to pile up

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6:34 am EST, Monday, February 8, 2016

Hour Photo/Alex von Kleydorff Norwalk High School students head for the busses for a two hour early dismissal for all Norwalk Public schools on Monday due to winter weather

Hour Photo/Alex von Kleydorff Norwalk High School students head for the busses for a two hour early dismissal for all Norwalk Public schools on Monday due to winter weather

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Hour Photo/Alex von Kleydorff Norwalk High School students head for the busses for a two hour early dismissal for all Norwalk Public schools on Monday due to winter weather

Hour Photo/Alex von Kleydorff Norwalk High School students head for the busses for a two hour early dismissal for all Norwalk Public schools on Monday due to winter weather

Storm Latest: Norwalk schools to close early, accidents begin to pile up

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NORWALK — As the area's latest snowstorm begins to pick up speed, roads are getting slick, and school children will soon be getting out early for the day.

Norwalk Public Schools will have a two-hour early dismissal today at all schools due to the snow. All after-school activities are cancelled. Norwalk Community College will close at 1 p.m. Monday.

All classes and campus activities scheduled to run after 1 p.m. are canceled.

Five accidents were reported to Norwalk police between 11 and 11:45 a.m., all non serious, but one involved a plow truck. Just after 11 a.m., police and fire responded to an accident on Margaret Street, after a truck crashed into the front wall of a house. No serious injuries were reported.

On I-95 there was an accident reported at Exit 13 just after 11 a.m. in Darien going north and another at Exit 22, also heading north.

Norwalk police have started to block of Water Street for anticipated flooding later today. High tide Monday is at 10:58 a.m. and again at 11:26 p.m.

Norwalk is predicted to get between 3 and 6 inches during the storm today, which should end by the evening.